EXOTIC BIRDS L'Oiseau RARE PRE-NINE INCH NAILS Reznor + Stabbing Westward LP

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Rare Pre-NIN / Pre-Stabbing Westward EXOTIC BIRDS "L'oiseau" New Wave LP
Small run, private pressing on Pleasureland Records, catalog # PLEP 1804.



Exotic Birds were a Cleveland, Ohio new wave group formed in 1983 by frontman Andrew Kubiszewski.
The band had some minor success outside the local area, opening on occasion for larger national acts.
Trent Reznor joined the group in 1985.

The band would officially release only this one recording with both Reznor & Kubiszewski in the line up.
Though it is acknowledged that Reznor would help with some of the future programming, this is the only record
on which he is officially credited and the only time period in which he would regularly perform as part of the live group.

Just a couple short years later, Reznor would unleash Nine Inch Nails. Meanwhile, Kubiszewski would go on to record and perform with Prick, Stabbing Westward, Tatu, and a host of others. On occasion he would also contribute percussion to Nine Inch Nails' studio work. 

While drastically different from any of the future projects, what is documented here is both artists coming into their own in terms of programming - most notably with regard to percussion. Unlike any of Reznor's prior projects or the brief stint with Slam Bamboo - here sonic and structural similarities to the programming on NIN's Pretty Hate Machine begin to emerge.

While it is understood that there have been personal tensions at times between Reznor & other members of Exotic Birds (which briefly also included Trent's roommate, Chris Vrenna) their work during the period provides important documentation for stylistic convergence & advances in programming which carried forth to the explosion of a distinctly different "industrial" sound.

Musicians:
Andrew Kubiszewski - Vocals, Guitars, Xylophone, Percussion, Programming
Mark Best - Bass, Bass Synth, Backing Vocals 
Tom Freer - Acoustic & Electronic Drums, Percussion, Vocals 
Trent Reznor- Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Programming 
Frank Vale - Keyboards, Programming

Tracklisting:
Dancing on the Airwaves
Have You Heard The News
The Meaning of Love
This Must Be Heaven
Nothing Lasts Forever
Fighting Fire with Fire

Jacket is in excellent condition with only very slight wear from shelving & age.
Vinyl is glossy like new. There are a small number of visible marks but nothing which affects play.
Plays through cleanly with only slight surface crackle in the quietest bits - lead-in/out grooves & more sparse intros/outros.
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